Mulla Najm al-Din’s Guidance for the Mohmand in Obeying the Padishah of Islam

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¶ [6c] During this time, the honorable Mulla Najm al-Din, following no suggestion, request, or instigation from supporters and servants of this government, but only obeying the divine ordinance to “command the right and forbid the wrong”1 began to preach to the Mohmand people who listened to what he had to say about the things that are commanded and prohibited. He moved from hamlet to hamlet and village to village, warning everyone of God’s commandments and prohibitions and directing them to obey the padishah and nation of Islam. …

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“Mulla Najm al-Din’s Guidance for the Mohmand in Obeying the Padishah of Islam”, in:
History of Afghanistan, Translated and edited by R.D. McChesney, M.M. Khorrami.
Consulted online on 20 March 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004256064_hao_COM_000256>